Channel state information transmission method, communication device, and apparatus

ABSTRACT

A CSI transmission method, a communication device and a device are provided. The CSI transmission method includes: determining a resource available for the transmission of the first part of the CSI on a PUSCH in accordance with a target code rate used by the first part of the CSI; and determining an available resource on the PUSCH other than the resource available for the transmission of the first part of the CSI as a resource available for the transmission of the second part of the CSI on the PUSCH.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

The present application claims a priority of the Chinese patentapplication No.201711473505.X filed in China on Dec. 29, 2017, apriority of the Chinese patent application No.201810032021.X filed inChina on Jan. 12, 2018, and a priority of the Chinese patent applicationNo.201810292329.8 filed in China on Mar. 30, 2018, which areincorporated herein by reference in their entities.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure relates to the field of communication technology,in particular to a Channel State Information (CSI) transmission method,a communication device, and an apparatus.

BACKGROUND

In a Long Term Evolution (LTE) wireless communication system, aperiodicCSI is transmitted through a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH), andan evolved Node B (eNB) triggers a User Equipment (UE) to report theaperiodic CSI through Downlink Control Information (DCI) for schedulinguplink data. An information field in the DCI for scheduling the uplinkdata is used for triggering the report of the aperiodic CSI, and whenthe information field indicates that the UE needs to report theaperiodic CSI, the UE may report the aperiodic CSI through the PUSCH ata predefined position.

In the LTE system, a Rank Indication (RI) and a Channel QualityIndicator (CQI)/Precoding Matrix Indicator (PMI) in the CSI are encodedindependently. When the PUSCH does not contain data and merely containsthe transmission of control information, the RI is mapped to datasymbols #1, #4, #7 and #10 (in the case of a normal Cyclic Prefix (CP))or data symbols #0, #3, #5 and #8 (in the case of an extended CP) otherthan a Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS), and the quantity ofResource Elements (REs) being occupied is determined through theequation

${Q^{\prime} = {\min \left( {\left\lceil \frac{O \times M_{sc}^{PUSCH} \times N_{symb}^{PUSCH} \times \beta_{0ffset}^{PUSCH}}{O_{{CQI} - {MIN}}} \right\rceil,\ {4 \times M_{sc}^{PUSCH}}} \right)}},$

where O represents the number of bits of the RI, O_(CQI-MIN), representsthe number of bits of the CQI including a Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC)(when determining O_(CQI-MIN), it is presumed that the RI for allserving cells triggering the aperiodic report is 1), M_(sc) ^(PUSCH)represents a bandwidth scheduled for the PUSCH within a current subframethrough subcarriers, N_(symb) ^(PUSCH) represents the quantity ofsymbols scheduled for the PUSCH within the current subframe, andβ_(offset) ^(PUSCH) represents a code rate offset of the RI relative tothe CQI. Apart from a resource occupied by the RI, the other resource inthe PUSCH is used for the transmission of CQI/PMI information.

Along with the development of the mobile communication services, suchorganizations as the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the3^(rd)-Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) have started to study newwireless communication systems (e.g., 5^(th)-Generation (5G) New Radio(NR), or 5G new Radio Access Technology (RAT)). Currently, in a 5G NRsystem, the aperiodic CSI transmitted through the PUSCH may also includetwo parts, a first part of the CSI includes the RI and a first part ofthe CQI/PMI information, and a second part of the CSI includes the otherCQI/PMI information. The first part of the CSI and the second part ofthe CSI are encoded and mapped independently.

Contents included in the two parts of the CSI in the 5G NR system aredifferent from those in the LTE system, a design of the DMRS in the 5GNR system is also different from that in the LTE system, and thequantity of symbols occupied by the DMRS and positions of these symbolsare not fixed, so it is impossible to use, in the 5G NR system, a CSIresource mapping mechanism for the LTE system. Currently, in the 5G NRsystem, there is no scheme for determining the resource for thetransmission of each part of the CSI on the PUSCH when the PUSCH doesnot include the transmission of Uplink Shared Channel (UL-SCH) data.

SUMMARY

An object of the present disclosure is to provide a CSI transmissionmethod, a communication device and an apparatus, so as to solve theproblem in the related art where it is impossible to determine theresource for the transmission of each part of CSI on the PUSCH.

In one aspect, the present disclosure provides in some embodiments a CSItransmission method, CSI including a first part and a second part, theCSI transmission method including: determining a resource available forthe transmission of the first part of the CSI on a PUSCH in accordancewith a target code rate used by the first part of the CSI; anddetermining an available resource on the PUSCH other than the resourceavailable for the transmission of the first part of the CSI as aresource available for the transmission of the second part of the CSI onthe PUSCH.

In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, prior to determiningthe resource available for the transmission of the first part of the CSIon the PUSCH in accordance with the target code rate used by the firstpart of the CSI, the CSI transmission method further includes acquiringthe target code rate used by the first part of the CSI.

In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the acquiring thetarget code rate used by the first part of the CSI includes: receivingthe target code rate used by the first part of the CSI and configured bya base station through high-layer signaling; or receiving a set of coderates preconfigured by the base station and capable of being used by thefirst part of the CSI, receiving Downlink Control Information (DCI)capable of triggering a UE to transmit the first part of the CSI, anddetermining one code rate in the set of code rates as the target coderate used by the first part of the CSI in accordance with indicationinformation in a specific indication field of the DCI, the set of coderates including two or more code rates; or predefining in a protocol aset of code rates capable of being used by the first part of the CSI ,receiving DCI capable of triggering the UE to transmit the first part ofthe CSI, and determining one code rate in the set of code rates as thetarget code rate used by the first part of the CSI in accordance withindication information in a specific indication field of the DCI, theset of code rates including two or more code rates; or predefining in aprotocol a set of code rates capable of being used by the first part ofthe CSI, receiving high-layer signaling from the base station, anddetermining one code rate in the set of code rates as the target coderate used by the first part of the CSI in accordance with indicationinformation in the high-layer signaling, the set of code rates includingtwo or more code rates.

In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the specificindication field of the DCI includes one or a combination of two or moreof a Modulation & Coding Scheme (MCS) information field, a RedundancyVersion (RV) information field, a New Data Indicator (NDI) informationfield, and a Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) process numberindication information field.

In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, in the case ofpredefining in the protocol the set of code rates capable of being usedby the first part of the CSI and receiving the DCI capable of triggeringthe UE to transmit the first part of the CSI, the specific indicationfield of the DCI is an HARQ process number indication information field,and indication information in the HARQ process number indicationinformation field is used to indicate a code rate that is associatedwith a modulation order of the first part of the CSI and is in apredetermined table in the protocol.

Preferably, in the case that the modulation order of the first part ofthe CSI is 2, information of three most significant bits or informationof three least significant bits in the HARQ process number indicationinformation field is used to indicate eight code rates that areassociated with the modulation order of 2 and are in the predeterminedtable in the protocol; in the case that the modulation order of thefirst part of the CSI is 4, information of three most significant bitsor information of three least significant bits in the HARQ processnumber indication information field is used to indicate seven code ratesthat are associated with the modulation order of 4 and are in thepredetermined table in the protocol; and in the case that the modulationorder of the first part of the CSI is 6, information of all bits in theHARQ process number indication information field is used to indicateeleven code rates that are associated with the modulation order of 6 andare in the predetermined table in the protocol.

In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the determining theresource available for the transmission of the first part of the CSI onthe PUSCH in accordance with the target code rate used by the first partof the CSI includes determining the quantity of Resource Elements (REs)available for the transmission of the first part of the CSI on the PUSCHin accordance with the target code rate used by the first part of theCSI, the quantity of information bits of the first part of the CSI andthe modulation order of the first part of the CSI.

In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the determining thequantity of the REs available for the transmission of the first part ofthe CSI on the PUSCH in accordance with the target code rate used by thefirst part of the CSI, the quantity of information bits of the firstpart of the CSI and the modulation order of the first part of the CSIincludes determining the quantity of the REs available for thetransmission of the first part of the CSI on the PUSCH through a firstformula

${N_{RE}^{{CSI}\text{-}part1} = \left\lceil \frac{O_{{CSI} - {{part}\; 1}}}{R_{Target}*Q_{m}} \right\rceil},$

where N_(RE) ^(CSI-part1) represents the quantity of the REs availablefor the transmission of the first part of the CSI on the PUSCH,O_(CSI-part1) represents the quantity of information bits of the firstpart of the CSI, R_(T arg et) represents the target code rate used bythe first part of the CSI, and Q_(m) represents the modulation order ofthe first part of the CSI.

In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the determining theavailable resource on the PUSCH other than the resource available forthe transmission of the first part of the CSI as the resource availablefor the transmission of the second part of the CSI on the PUSCHincludes: determining the quantity of REs available for the transmissionof the second part of the CSI on the PUSCH in accordance with thequantity of REs available for the transmission of Uplink ControlInformation (UCI) on the PUSCH and the quantity of REs available for thetransmission of the first part of the CSI on the PUSCH.

In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the determining thequantity of REs available for the transmission of the second part of theCSI on the PUSCH in accordance with the quantity of REs available forthe transmission of UCI on the PUSCH and the quantity of REs availablefor the transmission of the first part of the CSI on the PUSCH includes:determining the quantity of REs available for the transmission of thesecond part of the CSI on the PUSCH through a second formula N_(RE)^(CSI-part2)=N_(RE) ^(PUSCH)−N_(RE) ^(CSI-part1)−N_(RE) ^(ARQ-ACK),where N_(RE) ^(CSI-part2) represents the quantity of REs available forthe transmission of the second part of the CSI on the PUSCH, N_(RE)^(PUSCH) represents the quantity of REs available for the transmissionof the UCI on the PUSCH, N_(RE) ^(CSI-part1) represents the quantity ofREs available for the transmission of the first part of the CSI on thePUSCH, and N_(RE) ^(HARQ-ACK) represents the quantity of REs availablefor the transmission of an HARQ Acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) on the PUSCH.

In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the quantity N_(RE)^(PUSCH) of REs available for the transmission of the UCI on the PUSCHis calculated through a formula

${N_{RE}^{PUSCH} = {\sum\limits_{l = 0}^{N_{{symb},{all}}^{PUSCH} - n}{M_{sc}^{\Phi^{UCI}}(l)}}},$

where N_(RE) ^(PUSCH) represents the quantity of REs available for thetransmission of the UCI on the PUSCH, M_(sc) ^(Φ) ^(UCI) (l) representsthe quantity of REs available for the transmission of the UCI on anOrthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbol l, N_(symb,all)^(PUSCH), represents the quantity of OFDM symbols in the PUSCH, and nrepresents the quantity of OFDM symbols occupied by a DemodulationReference Signal (DMRS) in the PUSCH.

In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, subsequent todetermining the quantity of REs available for the transmission of thefirst part of the CSI on the PUSCH, the CSI transmission method furtherincludes, when the quantity of REs available for the transmission of thefirst part of the CSI on the PUSCH is greater than the quantity of REsavailable for the transmission of the UCI on the PUSCH, determining theREs available for the transmission of the UCI on the PUSCH as the REsavailable for the transmission of the first part of the CSI, anddetermining that there is no RE available for the transmission of thesecond part of the CSI on the PUSCH.

In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, prior to determiningthe resource available for the transmission of the first part of the CSIon the PUSCH in accordance with the target code rate used by the firstpart of the CSI, the CSI transmission method further includes: receivingthe DCI transmitted by the base station; and parsing the DCI todetermine that merely the CSI, rather than data, is transmitted throughthe PUSCH.

In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, subsequent todetermining the available resource on the PUSCH other than the resourceavailable for the transmission of the first part of the CSI as theresource available for the transmission of the second part of the CSI onthe PUSCH, the CSI transmission method further includes: acquiring acode rate threshold of the second part of the CSI; and determining thequantity of bits of the second part of the CSI capable of beingtransmitted through the resource available for the transmission of thesecond part of the CSI on the PUSCH in accordance with the code ratethreshold of the second part of the CSI.

In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the acquiring thecode rate threshold of the second part of the CSI includes: determiningthe code rate threshold of the second part of the CSI through a thirdformula

${R_{Threshold}^{{CSI},2} = \frac{R_{Target}^{{CSI},1}*\beta_{offset}^{{CSI},1}}{\beta_{offset}^{{CSI},2}}},$

where R_(Threshold) ^(CSI,2) represents the code rate threshold of thesecond part of the CSI, R_(T arg et) ^(CSI,1) represents the target coderate used by the first part of the CSI, β_(offset) ^(CSI,1) represents acode rate offset of the first part of the CSI, and β_(offset) ^(CSI,2)represents a code rate offset of the second part of the CSI.

In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the determining thequantity of bits of the second part of the CSI capable of beingtransmitted through the resource available for the transmission of thesecond part of the CSI on the PUSCH in accordance with the code ratethreshold of the second part of the CSI includes: when an actual coderate corresponding to the second part of the CSI is smaller than orequal to the code rate threshold of the second part of the CSI,determining the quantity of bits of the second part of the CSI capableof being transmitted through the resource available for the transmissionof the second part of the CSI as the total quantity of bits of thesecond part of the CSI; and when the actual code rate corresponding tothe second part of the CSI is greater than the code rate threshold ofthe second part of the CSI, discarding the second part of the CSI inaccordance with a predetermined rule until an actual code ratecorresponding to the remaining second part of the CSI is smaller than orequal to the code rate threshold of the second part of the CSI, anddetermining the quantity of bits of the second part of the CSI capableof being transmitted through the resource available for the transmissionof the second part of the CSI as the quantity of bits of the remainingsecond part of the CSI.

In another aspect, the present disclosure provides in some embodiments acommunication device, including a memory, a processor, and a computerprogram stored in the memory and executed by the processor. Theprocessor is configured to execute the computer program so as to:determine a resource available for the transmission of a first part ofthe CSI on a PUSCH in accordance with a target code rate used by thefirst part of the CSI; and determine an available resource on the PUSCHother than the resource available for the transmission of the first partof the CSI as a resource available for the transmission of a second partof the CSI on the PUSCH.

In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the communicationdevice further includes a transceiver configured to acquire the targetcode rate used by the first part of the CSI.

In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the transceiver isfurther configured to: receive the target code rate used by the firstpart of the CSI and configured by a base station through high-layersignaling; or receive a set of code rates preconfigured by the basestation and capable of being used by the first part of the CSI, receiveDCI capable of triggering a UE to transmit the first part of the CSI,and determine one code rate in the set of code rates as the target coderate used by the first part of the CSI in accordance with indicationinformation in a specific indication field of the DCI, the set of coderates including two or more code rates; or predefine in a protocol a setof code rates capable of being used by the first part of the CSI,receive DCI capable of triggering the UE to transmit the first part ofthe CSI, and determine one code rate in the set of code rates as thetarget code rate used by the first part of the CSI in accordance withindication information in a specific indication field of the DCI, theset of code rates including two or more code rates; or predefine in aprotocol a set of code rates capable of being used by the first part ofthe CSI, receive high-layer signaling from the base station, anddetermine one code rate in the set of code rates as the target code rateused by the first part of the CSI in accordance with indicationinformation in the high-layer signaling, the set of code rates includingtwo or more code rates.

In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the specificindication field of the DCI includes one or a combination of two or moreof an MCS information field, an RV information field, an NDI informationfield, and an HARQ process number indication information field.

In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, in the case ofpredefining in the protocol the set of code rates capable of being usedby the first part of the CSI and receiving the DCI capable of triggeringthe UE to transmit the first part of the CSI, the specific indicationfield of the DCI is an HARQ process number indication information field,and indication information in the HARQ process number indicationinformation field is used to indicate a code rate that is associatedwith a modulation order of the first part of the CSI and is in apredetermined table in the protocol.

Preferably, in the case that the modulation order of the first part ofthe CSI is 2, information of three most significant bits or informationof three least significant bits in the HARQ process number indicationinformation field is used to indicate eight code rates that areassociated with the modulation order of 2 and are in the predeterminedtable in the protocol; in the case that the modulation order of thefirst part of the CSI is 4, information of three most significant bitsor information of three least significant bits in the HARQ processnumber indication information field is used to indicate seven code ratesthat are associated with the modulation order of 4 and are in thepredetermined table in the protocol; in the case that the modulationorder of the first part of the CSI is 6, information of all bits in theHARQ process number indication information field is used to indicateeleven code rates that are associated with the modulation order of 6 andare in the predetermined table in the protocol.

In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the processor isfurther configured to determine the quantity of REs available for thetransmission of the first part of the CSI on the PUSCH in accordancewith the target code rate used by the first part of the CSI, thequantity of information bits of the first part of the CSI and themodulation order of the first part of the CSI.

In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the processor isfurther configured to determine the quantity of the REs available forthe transmission of the first part of the CSI on the PUSCH through afirst formula

${N_{RE}^{{CSI}\text{-}part1} = \left\lceil \frac{O_{{CSI}\text{-}{part}\; 1}}{R_{Target}*Q_{m}} \right\rceil},$

where N_(RE) ^(CSI-part1) represents the quantity of the REs availablefor the transmission of the first part of the CSI on the PUSCH,O_(CSI-part1) represents the quantity of information bits of the firstpart of the CSI, R_(T arg et) represents the target code rate used bythe first part of the CSI, and Q_(m) represents the modulation order ofthe first part of the CSI.

In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the processor isfurther configured to determine the quantity of REs available for thetransmission of the second part of the CSI on the PUSCH in accordancewith the quantity of REs available for the transmission of UCI on thePUSCH and the quantity of REs available for the transmission of thefirst part of the CSI on the PUSCH.

In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the processor isfurther configured to determine the quantity of REs available for thetransmission of the second part of the CSI on the PUSCH through a secondformula N_(RE) ^(CSI-part2)=N_(RE) ^(PUSCH)−N_(RE) ^(CSI-part1)−N_(RE)^(HARQ-ACK), where N_(RE) ^(CSI-part2) represents the quantity of REsavailable for the transmission of the second part of the CSI on thePUSCH, N_(RE) ^(PUSCH) represents the quantity of REs available for thetransmission of the UCI on the PUSCH, N_(RE) ^(CSI-part1) represents thequantity of REs available for the transmission of the first part of theCSI on the PUSCH, and N_(RE) ^(HARQ-ACK) represents the quantity of REsavailable for the transmission of an HARQ-ACK on the PUSCH.

In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the processor isfurther configured to calculate the quantity N_(RE) ^(PUSCH) of REsavailable for the transmission of the UCI on the PUSCH through a formula

${N_{RE}^{PUSCH} = {\sum\limits_{l = 0}^{N_{{symb},{all}}^{PUSCH} - n}{M_{sc}^{\Phi^{UCI}}(l)}}},$

where N_(RE) ^(PUSCH) represents the quantity of REs available for thetransmission of the UCI on the PUSCH, M_(sc) ^(Φ) ^(UCI) (l) representsthe quantity of REs available for the transmission of the UCI on an OFDMsymbol l, N_(synth,all) ^(PUSCH) represents the quantity of OFDM symbolsin the PUSCH, and n represents the quantity of OFDM symbols occupied bya DMRS in the PUSCH.

In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the processor isfurther configured to, when the quantity of REs available for thetransmission of the first part of the CSI on the PUSCH is greater thanthe quantity of REs available for the transmission of the UCI on thePUSCH, determine the REs available for the transmission of the UCI onthe PUSCH as the REs available for the transmission of the first part ofthe CSI, and determine that there is no RE available for thetransmission of the second part of the CSI on the PUSCH.

In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the transceiver isfurther configured to receive the DCI transmitted by the base station,and the processor is further configured to parse the DCI to determinethat merely the CSI, rather than data, is transmitted through the PUSCH.

In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the processor isfurther configured to: acquire a code rate threshold of the second partof the CSI; and determine the quantity of bits of the second part of theCSI capable of being transmitted through the resource available for thetransmission of the second part of the CSI on the PUSCH in accordancewith the code rate threshold of the second part of the CSI.

In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the processor isfurther configured to determine the code rate threshold of the secondpart of the CSI through a third formula

${R_{Th{reshold}}^{{CSI},2} = \frac{R_{Target}^{{CSI},1}*\beta_{offset}^{{CSI},1}}{\beta_{offset}^{{CSI},2}}},$

where R_(Threshold) ^(CSI,2) represents the code rate threshold of thesecond part of the CSI, R_(T arg et) ^(CSI,1) represents the target coderate used by the first part of the CSI, β_(offset) ^(CSI,1) represents acode rate offset of the first part of the CSI, and β_(offset) ^(CSI,2)represents a code rate offset of the second part of the CSI.

In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the processor isfurther configured to: when an actual code rate corresponding to thesecond part of the CSI is smaller than or equal to the code ratethreshold of the second part of the CSI, determine the quantity of bitsof the second part of the CSI capable of being transmitted through theresource available for the transmission of the second part of the CSI asthe total quantity of bits of the second part of the CSI; and when theactual code rate corresponding to the second part of the CSI is greaterthan the code rate threshold of the second part of the CSI, discard thesecond part of the CSI in accordance with a predetermined rule until anactual code rate corresponding to the remaining second part of the CSIis smaller than or equal to the code rate threshold of the second partof the CSI, and determine the quantity of bits of the second part of theCSI capable of being transmitted through the resource available for thetransmission of the second part of the CSI as the quantity of bits ofthe remaining second part of the CSI.

In yet another aspect, the present disclosure provides in someembodiments a device for determining a CSI transmission resource, theCSI including a first part and a second part, the device for determiningthe CSI transmission resource including: a first determination moduleconfigured to determine a resource available for the transmission of thefirst part of the CSI on a PUSCH in accordance with a target code rateused by the first part of the CSI; and a second determination moduleconfigured to determine an available resource on the PUSCH other thanthe resource available for the transmission of the first part of the CSIas a resource available for the transmission of the second part of theCSI on the PUSCH.

In still yet another aspect, the present disclosure provides in someembodiments a computer-readable storage medium storing therein acomputer program. The computer program is executed by a processor so asto implement the above-mentioned CSI transmission method.

According to the CSI transmission method, the communication device andthe device in the embodiments of the present disclosure, when two partsof the CSI, rather than the data, are transmitted through the PUSCH, theresource available for the transmission of the first part of the CSI onthe PUSCH may be determined in accordance with the target code rate usedby the first part of the CSI, and the remaining available resource onthe PUSCH may be determined as the resource available for thetransmission of the second part of the CSI. As a result, it is able totransmit the CSI on the PUSCH in a 5G NR system correctly, thereby toensure the performance of the 5G NR system.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a flow chart of a CSI transmission method according to anembodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view showing a mapping resource for a first partof CSI and a second part of CSI on the PUSCH in the CSI transmissionmethod according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view showing a communication device according toan embodiment of the present disclosure; and

FIG. 4 is a schematic view showing a device for determining a CSItransmission resource according to an embodiment of the presentdisclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

In order to make the objects, the technical solutions and the advantagesof the present disclosure more apparent, the present disclosure will bedescribed hereinafter in details in conjunction with the drawings andembodiments.

As shown in FIG. 1, the present disclosure provides in some embodimentsa CSI transmission method. CSI includes a first part and a second part.The CSI transmission method includes: Step 11 of determining a resourceavailable for the transmission of the first part of the CSI on a PUSCHin accordance with a target code rate used by the first part of the CSI;and Step 12 of determining an available resource on the PUSCH other thanthe resource available for the transmission of the first part of the CSIas a resource available for the transmission of the second part of theCSI on the PUSCH.

In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the CSI may be aperiodicCSI, and the aperiodic CSI transmitted on the PUSCH includes the firstpart and the second part. The first part may include an RI and a part ofa CQI/PMI, and the second part may include the other CQI/PMIinformation.

Preferably, in a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, prior toStep 11, the CSI transmission method may further include: receiving DCIfrom a base station; and parsing the DCI to determine that merely theCSI, rather than data, is transmitted through the PUSCH.

In other words, the CSI transmission method may be applied to a scenariowhere merely the CSI, rather than the data, is transmitted through thePUSCH. It should be appreciated that, the DCI may include an informationfield, and a content in the information field may be used to trigger thereporting of the CSI. When the information field indicates that a UEneeds to report the CSI, the UE may report the CSI through the PUSCH ata predetermined position.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, prior to Step 11, the CSItransmission method may further include Step 10 of acquiring the targetcode rate used by the first part of the CSI. The target code rate usedby the first part of the CSI may be a value predefined in a protocol, avalue configured through high-layer signaling, or a value indicated by aspecific information field in the DCI for triggering the transmission ofthe PUSCH.

Preferably, the target code rate used by the first part of the CSI maybe acquired in at least the following four modes, i.e., a communicationdevice may determine the target code rate used by the first part of theCSI in any one of the following modes. In particular, the target coderate used by the first part of the CSI may be determined in any one ofthe following modes.

Mode 1: receiving the target code rate used by the first part of the CSIand configured by the base station through high-layer signaling.

In this mode, the base station may directly configure the target coderate used by the first part of the CSI.

Mode 2: receiving a set of code rates preconfigured by the base stationand capable of being used by the first part of the CSI, receiving theDCI capable of triggering a UE to transmit the first part of the CSI,and determining one code rate in the set of code rates as the targetcode rate used by the first part of the CSI in accordance withindication information in a specific indication field of the DCI, theset of code rates including two or more code rates.

In this mode, the base station may preconfigure a set of code rates, andthe set may include two or more code rates. Any code rate in the set maybe used by the first part of the CSI as the target code rate used by thefirst part of the CSI. The code rate used by the first part of the CSIas the target code rate may be indicated through the specific indicationfield of the DCI, and the DCI may be capable of triggering the UE totransmit the first part of the CSI.

Mode 3: predefining in a protocol a set of code rates capable of beingused by the first part of the CSI, receiving DCI capable of triggeringthe UE to transmit the first part of the CSI, and determining one coderate in the set of code rates as the target code rate used by the firstpart of the CSI in accordance with indication information in a specificindication field of the DCI, the set of code rates including two or morecode rates.

In this mode, one set of code rates may be predefined in a protocol orstandard, and the set may also include two or more code rates. Any coderate in the set may be used by the first part of the CSI as the targetcode rate used by the first part of the CSI. The code rate used by thefirst part of the CSI as the target code rate may be indicated throughthe specific indication field of the DCI, and the DCI may be capable oftriggering the UE to transmit the first part of the CSI.

It should be appreciated that, in Mode 3, the specific indication fieldof the DCI may be an HARQ process number indication information field.Indication information in the HARQ process number indication informationfield may be used to indicate a code rate associated with a modulationorder of the first part of the CSI in a predetermined table in theprotocol. The predetermined table in the protocol may be Table 6.1.4.1-1in the 3GPP protocol 38.213. In other words, the code rate correspondingto the modulation order of the first part of the CSI in the Table6.1.4.1-1 in the 3GPP protocol 38.213 may be indicated through the HARQprocess number indication information field.

Preferably, in the case that the modulation order of the first part ofthe CSI is 2, information of three most significant bits or informationof three least significant bits in the HARQ process number indicationinformation field may be used to indicate eight code rates associatedwith the modulation order of 2 in the predetermined table in theprotocol; in the case that the modulation order of the first part of theCSI is 4, information of three most significant bits or information ofthree least significant bits in the HARQ process number indicationinformation field may be used to indicate seven code rates associatedwith the modulation order of 4 in the predetermined table in theprotocol; and in the case that the modulation order of the first part ofthe CSI is 6, information of all bits in the HARQ process numberindication information field may be used to indicate eleven code ratesassociated with the modulation order of 6 in the predetermined table inthe protocol.

In a bit sequence, N most-significant bits may refer to N consecutivebits from a first most-significant bit in a descending order from mostsignificant bit to least significant bit. The information of the threemost significant bits in the HARQ process number indication informationfield may refer to information of three consecutive bits in the HARQprocess number indication information field from a firstmost-significant bit in the descending order from most significant bitto least significant bit. The information of the three least significantbits in the HARQ process number indication information field may referto information of three consecutive bits in the HARQ process numberindication information field from a first least-significant bit in anascending order from least significant bit to most significant bit.

It should be further appreciated that, usually the HARQ process numberindication information field may occupy four bits.

Mode 4: predefining in a protocol a set of code rates capable of beingused by the first part of the CSI, receiving high-layer signaling fromthe base station, and determining one code rate in the set of code ratesas the target code rate used by the first part of the CSI in accordancewith indication information in the high-layer signaling, the set of coderates including two or more code rates.

In this mode, one set of code rates may be predefined in a protocol orstandard, and the set may also include two or more code rates. Any coderate in the set may be used by the first part of the CSI as the targetcode rate of the first part of the CSI. The code rate used by the firstpart of the CSI as the target code rate may be directly indicated by thebase station through the high-layer signaling.

It should be appreciated that, the specific indication field of the DCImay include one or a combination of two or more of an MCS informationfield, an RV information field, an NDI information field, and an HARQprocess number indication information field.

It should be further appreciated that, when the code rate in the set ofcode rates used by the first part of the CSI as the target code rate ofthe first part of the CSI is indicated through the DCI or the high-layersignaling from the base station, the indication information in thespecific indication field of the DCI or the indication information inthe high-layer signaling may directly indicate a certain code rate inthe set, or indirectly indicate the code rate through indicating acertain code rate serial number in the set. For example, when the set ofcode rates is {0.08, 0.15, 0.25, 0.35, 0.45, 0.60, 0.80}, the indicationinformation may directly indicate the target code rate of the first partof the CSI as 0.15, or indirectly indicate the target code rate as 0.15through indicating the target code rate of the first part of the CSI asa second value in the set.

Preferably, Step 11 may include determining the quantity of REsavailable for the transmission of the first part of the CSI on the PUSCHin accordance with the target code rate used by the first part of theCSI, the quantity of information bits of the first part of the CSI andthe modulation order of the first part of the CSI.

Preferably, the determining the quantity of the REs available for thetransmission of the first part of the CSI on the PUSCH in accordancewith the target code rate used by the first part of the CSI, thequantity of information bits of the first part of the CSI and themodulation order of the first part of the CSI may include: determiningthe quantity of the REs available for the transmission of the first partof the CSI on the PUSCH through a first formula

${N_{RE}^{{CSI}\text{-}part1} = \left\lceil \frac{O_{{CSI}\text{-}{part}\; 1}}{R_{Target}*Q_{m}} \right\rceil},$

where N_(RE) ^(CSI-part1) represents the quantity of the REs availablefor the transmission of the first part of the CSI on the PUSCH,O_(CSI-part1) represents the quantity of information bits of the firstpart of the CSI, R_(T arg et) represents the target code rate used bythe first part of the CSI, and Q_(m), represents the modulation order ofthe first part of the CSI.

It should be appreciated that, when the quantity of REs available forthe transmission of the first part of the CSI on the PUSCH is greaterthan the quantity of REs available for the transmission of UCI on thePUSCH, all the REs available for the transmission of the UCI on thePUSCH may be determined as the REs available for the transmission of thefirst part of the CSI, and it determines there is no RE available forthe transmission of the second part of the CSI on the PUSCH.

In other words, the quantity of REs available for the transmission ofthe UCI on the PUSCH may be set as an upper limit of the quantity of REsavailable for the transmission of the first part of the CSI. When thecalculated quantity of REs available for the transmission of the firstpart of the CSI is greater than the quantity of REs available for thetransmission of the UCI on the PUSCH, the quantity of REs available forthe transmission of the first part of the CSI in current transmissionmay be set to be equal to the quantity of REs available for thetransmission of the UCI on the PUSCH.

Further, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, Step 12 mayinclude determining the quantity of REs available for the transmissionof the second part of the CSI on the PUSCH in accordance with thequantity of REs available for the transmission of the UCI on the PUSCHand the quantity of REs available for the transmission of the first partof the CSI on the PUSCH.

Preferably, the determining the quantity of REs available for thetransmission of the second part of the CSI on the PUSCH in accordancewith the quantity of REs available for the transmission of UCI on thePUSCH and the quantity of REs available for the transmission of thefirst part of the CSI on the PUSCH may include: determining the quantityof REs available for the transmission of the second part of the CSI onthe PUSCH through a second formula N_(RE) ^(CSI-part2)=N_(RE)^(PUSCH)−N_(RE) ^(CSI-part1)−N_(RE) ^(HARQ-ACK), where N_(RE)^(CSI-part2) represents the quantity of REs available for thetransmission of the second part of the CSI on the PUSCH, N_(RE) ^(PUSCH)represents the quantity of REs available for the transmission of the UCIon the PUSCH, N_(RE) ^(CSI-part1) represents the quantity of REsavailable for the transmission of the first part of the CSI on thePUSCH, and N_(RE) ^(HARQ-ACK) represents the quantity of REs availablefor the transmission of an HARQ-ACK on the PUSCH.

Briefly, the quantity of REs available for the transmission of thesecond part of the CSI on the PUSCH may be equal to a value acquired bysubtracting the quantity of REs available for the transmission of thefirst part of the CSI on the PUSCH and the quantity of REs available forthe transmission of the HARQ-ACK from the quantity of REs available forthe transmission of the UCI on the PUSCH.

Further, the quantity N_(RE) ^(PUSCH) of REs available for thetransmission of the UCI on the PUSCH may be calculated through a formula

${N_{RE}^{PUSCH} = {\sum\limits_{l = 0}^{N_{{symb},{all}}^{PUSCH} - n}{M_{sc}^{\Phi^{UCI}}(l)}}},$

where N_(RE) ^(PUSCH) represents the quantity of REs available for thetransmission of the UCI on the PUSCH, M_(sc) ^(Φ) ^(UCI) (l) representsthe quantity of REs available for the transmission of the UCI on an OFDMsymbol l, N_(symb,all) ^(PUSCH) represents the quantity of OFDM symbols(including the OFDM symbols for transmitting the DMRS) in the PUSCH, andn represents the quantity of OFDM symbols occupied by a DMRS in thePUSCH.

In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, subsequent to Step12, the CSI transmission method may further include: acquiring a coderate threshold of the second part of the CSI; and determining thequantity of bits of the second part of the CSI capable of beingtransmitted through the resource available for the transmission of thesecond part of the CSI on the PUSCH in accordance with the code ratethreshold of the second part of the CSI.

Preferably, the acquiring the code rate threshold of the second part ofthe CSI may include determining the code rate threshold of the secondpart of the CSI through a third formula

${R_{Th{reshold}}^{{CSI},2} = \frac{R_{Target}^{{CSI},1}*\beta_{offset}^{{CSI},1}}{\beta_{offset}^{{CSI},2}}},$

where R_(Threshold) ^(CSI,2) represents the code rate threshold of thesecond part of the CSI, R_(T arg et) ^(CSI,1) represents the target coderate used by the first part of the CSI, β_(offset) ^(CSI,1) represents acode rate offset of the first part of the CSI, and β_(offset) ^(CSI,2)represents a code rate offset of the second part of the CSI.

Preferably, the determining the quantity of bits of the second part ofthe CSI capable of being transmitted through the resource available forthe transmission of the second part of the CSI on the PUSCH inaccordance with the code rate threshold of the second part of the CSImay include: when an actual code rate corresponding to the second partof the CSI is smaller than or equal to the code rate threshold of thesecond part of the CSI, determining the quantity of bits of the secondpart of the CSI capable of being transmitted through the resourceavailable for the transmission of the second part of the CSI as thetotal quantity of bits of the second part of the CSI; and when theactual code rate corresponding to the second part of the CSI is greaterthan the code rate threshold of the second part of the CSI, discardingthe second part of the CSI in accordance with a predetermined rule untilan actual code rate corresponding to the remaining second part of theCSI is smaller than or equal to the code rate threshold of the secondpart of the CSI, and determining the quantity of bits of the second partof the CSI capable of being transmitted through the resource availablefor the transmission of the second part of the CSI as the quantity ofbits of the remaining second part of the CSI.

To be specific, the actual code rate corresponding to the second part ofthe CSI may refer to an actual code rate corresponding to the totalquantity of bits of the second part of the CSI. For example, when thesecond part of the CSI is modulated in a Quadrature Phase Shift Keying(QPSK) mode and includes totally 60 bits, the corresponding actual coderate may be 60/(50*2)=0.6.

In a word, in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the resourcefor the transmission of the second part of the CSI may probably besmaller than the actual resource to be occupied by the second part ofthe CSI, and in this case, the second part of the CSI may not be, as awhole, transmitted through the resource for the transmission of thesecond part of the CSI. At this time, it is necessary to determine thequantity of bits of the second part of the CSI capable of beingtransmitted through the resource available for the transmission of thesecond part of the CSI, so as to ensure that parts of the bits of thesecond part of the CSI are transmitted correctly through the resourceavailable for the transmission of the second part of the CSI.

For example, the resource available for the transmission of the secondpart of the CSI on the PUSCH may include 50 REs, the second part of theCSI may be modulated in a QPSK mode, and the code rate threshold of thesecond part of the CSI may be 0.4.

When the second part of the CSI includes 60 bits, the correspondingactual code rate may be 60/(50*2)=0.6 which is greater than the coderate threshold of the second part of the CSI, i.e., 0.4. Depending on adiscarding rule for the second part of the CSI, 30 bits may bediscarded. For the remaining second part of the CSI having 30 bits, theactual code rate corresponding to the remaining second part of the CSImay be recalculated as 30/(50*2)=0.3 which is smaller than the code ratethreshold of the second part of the CSI, i.e., 0.4. Hence, the secondpart of the CSI having 30 bits may be transmitted on the resourceavailable for the transmission of the second part of the CSI.

The CSI transmission method will be described hereinafter in moredetails in conjunction with two embodiments.

FIRST EMBODIMENT

It is presumed that, as indicated by the base station through the DCI,merely aperiodic CSI, rather than data, is transmitted on the PUSCH. Theaperiodic CSI may be divided into a first part and a second part. Thefirst part of the CSI may include 50 bits, and the second part of theCSI may include 100 bits. When the base station has allocated 14 OFDMsymbols and 2 RBs for the current transmission of the PUSCH and a firstOFDM symbol has been occupied by a DMRS, the quantity of REs availablefor the transmission of the UCI may be 13*12*2=312.

At first, the target code rate used by the first part of the CSI may beacquired.

In a first mode, the base station may directly configure the target coderate used by the first part of the CSI as 0.15.

In a second mode, the base station may configure a set of code ratesused by the first part of the CSI as {[0.08, 0.15, 0.25, 0.35, 0.45,0.60, 0.80]}, and then indicate, through the DCI, the target code rateused by the first part of the CSI as 0.15.

In a third mode, a set of code rates used by the first part of the CSImay be defined in a standard as {[0.08, 0.15, 0.25, 0.35, 0.45, 0.60,0.80]}, and the base station may indicate, through high-layer signaling,a second value, i.e., 0.15, as the target code rate used by the firstpart of the CSI.

In a fourth mode, the base station may indicate, through an MCSinformation field in the DCI, a modulation order of the first part ofthe CSI and the target code rate used by the first part of the CSI. Forexample, a column of target code rate may be added in an MCS tabledefined in the standard as the target code rate used by the first partof the CSI, as shown in Table 1, and merely I_(MCS) 3˜23 in the tablemay be used to indicate the modulation order of the first part of theCSI and the target code rate used by the first part of the CSI.

TABLE 1 MCS indication in PUSCH Target code rate used by the first partof the CSI (on Modulation Target code the PUSCH where MCS index orderrate [1024] Spectrum no data is I_(MCS) Q_(m) R efficiency transmitted)0 2 120 0.2344 1 2 157 0.3066 2 2 193 0.3770 3 2 251 0.4902 0.08 4 2 3080.6016 0.15 5 2 379 0.7402 0.25 6 2 449 0.8770 0.35 7 2 526 1.0273 0.458 2 602 1.1758 0.60 9 2 679 1.3262 0.80 10 4 340 1.3281 0.08 11 4 3781.4766 0.15 12 4 434 1.6953 0.25 13 4 490 1.9141 0.35 14 4 553 2.16020.45 15 4 616 2.4063 0.60 16 4 658 2.5703 0.80 17 6 438 2.5664 0.08 18 6466 2.7305 0.15 19 6 517 3.0293 0.25 20 6 567 3.3223 0.35 21 6 6163.6094 0.45 22 6 666 3.9023 0.60 23 6 719 4.2129 0.80 24 6 772 4.5234 256 822 4.8164 26 6 873 5.1152 27 6 910 5.3320 28 6 948 5.5547 29 2reserved 30 4 reserved 31 6 reserved

In a fifth mode, the base station may indicate, through the MCSinformation field in the DCI (one or more of the other informationfields may not be excluded, e.g., an HARQ process indication informationfield, an RV indication field and an NDI indication field), the targetcode rate of the first part of the CSI and/or the modulation order ofthe first part of the CSI. For example, a target code rate in the MCStable defined in the standard may be taken as the target code rate usedby the first part of the CSI, as shown in Table 2. I_(MCS) 0˜27 in thetable may be used to indicate the target code rate used by the firstpart of the CSI and/or the modulation order of the first part of theCSI, and the MCS information field in the DCI (one or more of the otherinformation fields may not be excluded, e.g., the HARQ processindication information field, the RV indication field and the NDIindication field) may be used to indicate which MCS index in the tableis to be used.

TABLE 2 MCS indication in PUSCH Modulation Target code rate x MCS indexorder 1024 Spectrum I_(MCS) Q_(m) R efficiency 0 1 240 0.2344 1 1 3140.3066 2 2 193 0.3770 3 2 251 0.4902 4 2 308 0.6016 5 2 379 0.7402 6 2449 0.8770 7 2 526 1.0273 8 2 602 1.1758 9 2 679 1.3262 10 4 340 1.328111 4 378 1.4766 12 4 434 1.6953 13 4 490 1.9141 14 4 553 2.1602 15 4 6162.4063 16 4 658 2.5703 17 6 466 2.7305 18 6 517 3.0293 19 6 567 3.322320 6 616 3.6094 21 6 666 3.9023 22 6 719 4.2129 23 6 772 4.5234 24 6 8224.8164 25 6 873 5.1152 26 6 910 5.3320 27 6 948 5.5547 28 1 reserved 292 reserved 30 4 reserved 31 6 reserved

In a sixth mode, the base station has acquired the modulation order ofthe first part of the CSI through the MCS information field as well asthe NDI information field and/or the RV information field, and it mayindicate, through the HARQ process indication information field in theDCI, a code rate associated with the modulation order of the first partof the CSI in a predetermined table in a protocol. The predeterminedtable in the protocol may be Table 6.1.4.1-1 in the 3GPP protocol38.213. For example, Table 2 is Table 6.1.4.1-1 in the 3GPP protocol38.213. When the modulation order of the first part of the CSI is 2,information of three most significant bits or information of three leastsignificant bits in four bits of the HARQ process number indicationinformation field may be used to indicate code rates corresponding toI_(MCS) 2˜9 in the table; when the modulation order of the CSI is 4,information of three most significant bits or information of three leastsignificant bits in four bits of the HARQ process number indicationinformation field may be used to indicate code rates corresponding toI_(MCS) 10˜16 in the table; and when the modulation order of the CSI is6, information of the four bits of the HARQ process number indicationinformation field may be used to indicate code rates corresponding toI_(MCS) 18˜27 in the table.

In this embodiment, the first part of the CSI may include 50 bits. Whenthe first part of the CSI is modulated in a QPSK mode and the targetcode rate is 0.15,

${N_{RE}^{{CSI}\text{-}part1} = {\left\lceil \frac{O_{{CSI}\text{-}{part}\; 1}}{R_{Target}*Q_{m}} \right\rceil = {\left\lceil \frac{50}{{0.1}5*2} \right\rceil = {167}}}},$

i.e., 167 REs in the PUSCH may be used for the transmission of the firstpart of the CSI. As shown in FIG. 2, the REs indicated by “

” may be used for the transmission of the DMRS, and the REs indicated by“

” may be used for the transmission of the first part of the CSI. For theREs available for the transmission of the second part of the CSI, N_(RE)^(CSI-part)2=N_(RE) ^(PUSCH)−N_(RE) ^(CSI-part1)=312−167=145, and asshown in FIG. 2, the REs indicated by “

” may be used for the transmission of the second part of the CSI.

SECOND EMBODIMENT

It is presumed that, as indicated by the base station through the DCI,merely aperiodic CSI, rather than data, is transmitted on the PUSCH. Theaperiodic CSI may be divided into a first part and a second part. Thefirst part of the CSI may include 50 bits, and the second part of theCSI may include 100 bits. When the base station has allocated 14 OFDMsymbols and 1 RB for the current transmission of the PUSCH and a firstOFDM symbol has been occupied by a DMRS, the quantity of REs availablefor the transmission of the UCI may be 13*12=156.

It is presumed that the target code rate in the MCS table (i.e.,Table 1) defined in the protocol 38.214 is used as the target code rateused by the first part of the CSI. When the MCS index for the CSItransmission as indicated by the base station through the DCI is 0, thecorresponding modulation order may be 2, and at this time, the targetcode rate used by the first part of the CSI may be 120/1024.

In this embodiment, the first part of the CSI may include 50 bits andmay be modulated in a QPSK mode, so

${N_{RE}^{{CSI}\text{-}part1} = {\left\lceil \frac{O_{{CSI}\text{-}part1}}{R_{T\arg et}*Q_{m}} \right\rceil = {\left\lceil \frac{50}{12{0/1024}*2} \right\rceil = {214}}}}.$

In this case, the quantity of REs occupied by the first part of the CSImay be 214, which is greater than the quantity of REs available for thetransmission of the UCI on the PUSCH, i.e., 156, so the quantity of REsused by the first part of the CSI in the current transmission may beequal to the quantity of REs available for the transmission of the UCIon the PUSCH, and correspondingly, there exists no RE available for thetransmission of the second part of the CSI on the PUSCH. In other words,merely the first part of the CSI may be transmitted on the PUSCHcurrently, and all the second part of the CSI may be discarded.

According to the embodiments of the present disclosure, when merely twoparts of the CSI, rather than the data, are transmitted on the PUSCH,the resource available for the transmission of the first part of the CSIon the PUSCH may be determined in accordance with the target code rateused by the first part of the CSI, and the remaining available resourceon the PUSCH may be determined as the resource available for thetransmission of the second part of the CSI. As a result, it is able tocorrectly transmit the CSI on the PUSCH in a 5G NR system, thereby toensure the performance of the 5G NR system.

As shown in FIG. 3, the present disclosure provides in some embodimentsa communication device, which includes a memory 310, a processor 300,and a computer program stored in the memory 310 and executed by theprocessor 300. The processor 300 is configured to execute the computerprogram so as to: determine a resource available for the transmission ofa first part of the CSI on a PUSCH in accordance with a target code rateused by the first part of the CSI; and determine an available resourceon the PUSCH other than the resource available for the transmission ofthe first part of the CSI as a resource available for the transmissionof a second part of the CSI on the PUSCH.

Preferably, the communication device may further include a transceiver320 configured to acquire the target code rate used by the first part ofthe CSI.

Preferably, the transceiver 320 is further configured to: receive thetarget code rate used by the first part of the CSI and configured by abase station through high-layer signaling; or receive a set of coderates preconfigured by the base station and capable of being used by thefirst part of the CSI, receive DCI capable of triggering a UE totransmit the first part of the CSI, and determine one code rate in theset of code rates as the target code rate used by the first part of theCSI in accordance with indication information in a specific indicationfield of the DCI, the set of code rates including two or more coderates; or predefine in a protocol a set of code rates capable of beingused by the first part of the CSI, receive DCI capable of triggering theUE to transmit the first part of the CSI, and determine one code rate inthe set of code rates as the target code rate used by the first part ofthe CSI in accordance with indication information in a specificindication field of the DCI, the set of code rates including two or morecode rates; or predefine in a protocol a set of code rates capable ofbeing used by the first part of the CSI, receive high-layer signalingfrom the base station, and determine one code rate in the set of coderates as the target code rate used by the first part of the CSI inaccordance with indication information in the high-layer signaling, theset of code rates including two or more code rates.

Preferably, in a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, thespecific indication field of the DCI may include one or a combination oftwo or more of an MCS information field, an RV information field, an NDIinformation field, and an HARQ process number indication informationfield.

Preferably, in a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, in thecase of predefining in the protocol the set of code rates capable ofbeing used by the first part of the CSI and receiving the DCI capable oftriggering the UE to transmit the first part of the CSI, the specificindication field of the DCI may be an HARQ process number indicationinformation field, and indication information in the HARQ process numberindication information field may be used to indicate a code rateassociated with a modulation order of the first part of the CSI in apredetermined table in the protocol.

Preferably, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, in the casethat the modulation order of the first part of the CSI is 2, informationof three most significant bits or information of three least significantbits in the HARQ process number indication information field may be usedto indicate eight code rates associated with the modulation order of 2in the predetermined table in the protocol; in the case that themodulation order of the first part of the CSI is 4, information of threemost significant bits or information of three least significant bits inthe HARQ process number indication information field may be used toindicate seven code rates associated with the modulation order of 4 inthe predetermined table in the protocol; and in the case that themodulation order of the first part of the CSI is 6, information of allbits in the HARQ process number indication information field may be usedto indicate eleven code rates associated with the modulation order of 6in the predetermined table in the protocol.

Preferably, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the processor300 is further configured to determine the quantity of REs available forthe transmission of the first part of the CSI on the PUSCH in accordancewith the target code rate used by the first part of the CSI, thequantity of information bits of the first part of the CSI and themodulation order of the first part of the CSI.

Preferably, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the processor300 is further configured to determine the quantity of the REs availablefor the transmission of the first part of the CSI on the PUSCH through afirst formula

${N_{RE}^{{CSI}\text{-}part1} = \left\lceil \frac{O_{{CSI}\text{-}{part}\; 1}}{R_{Target}*Q_{m}} \right\rceil},$

where N_(RE) ^(CSI-part1) represents the quantity of the REs availablefor the transmission of the first part of the CSI on the PUSCH,O_(CSI-part1) represents the quantity of information bits of the firstpart of the CSI, R_(T arg et) represents the target code rate used bythe first part of the CSI, and Q_(m) represents the modulation order ofthe first part of the CSI.

Preferably, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the processor300 is further configured to determine the quantity of REs available forthe transmission of the second part of the CSI on the PUSCH inaccordance with the quantity of REs available for the transmission ofUCI on the PUSCH and the quantity of REs available for the transmissionof the first part of the CSI on the PUSCH.

Preferably, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the processor300 is further configured to determine the quantity of REs available forthe transmission of the second part of the CSI on the PUSCH through asecond formula N_(RE) ^(CSI-part2)=N_(RE) ^(PUSCH)−N_(RE)^(CSI-part1)−N_(RE) ^(ARQ-ACK), where N_(RE) ^(CSI-part2) represents thequantity of REs available for the transmission of the second part of theCSI on the PUSCH, N_(RE) ^(PUSCH) represents the quantity of REsavailable for the transmission of the UCI on the PUSCH, N_(RE)^(CSI-part1) represents the quantity of REs available for thetransmission of the first part of the CSI on the PUSCH, and N_(RE)^(HARQ-ACK) represents the quantity of REs available for thetransmission of an HARQ-ACK on the PUSCH.

Preferably, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the processor300 is further configured to calculate the quantity N_(RE) ^(PUSCH) ofREs available for the transmission of the UCI on the PUSCH through aformula

${N_{RE}^{PUSCH} = {\sum\limits_{l = 0}^{N_{{symb},{all}}^{PUSCH} - n}{M_{sc}^{\Phi^{UCI}}(l)}}},$

where N_(RE) ^(PUSCH) represents the quantity of REs available for thetransmission of the UCI on the PUSCH, M_(sc) ^(Φ) ^(UCI) (l) representsthe quantity of REs available for the transmission of the UCI on an OFDMsymbol l, N_(symb,all) ^(PUSCH) represents the quantity of OFDM symbolsin the PUSCH, and n represents the quantity of OFDM symbols occupied bya DMRS in the PUSCH.

Preferably, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the processor300 is further configured to, when the quantity of REs available for thetransmission of the first part of the CSI on the PUSCH is greater thanthe quantity of REs available for the transmission of the UCI on thePUSCH, determine the REs available for the transmission of the UCI onthe PUSCH as the REs available for the transmission of the first part ofthe CSI, and determine that there is no RE available for thetransmission of the second part of the CSI on the PUSCH.

Preferably, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the transceiver320 is further configured to receive the DCI transmitted by the basestation, and the processor 300 is further configured to parse the DCI todetermine that merely the CSI, rather than data, is transmitted throughthe PUSCH.

Preferably, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the processor300 is further configured to: acquire a code rate threshold of thesecond part of the CSI; and determine the quantity of bits of the secondpart of the CSI capable of being transmitted through the resourceavailable for the transmission of the second part of the CSI on thePUSCH in accordance with the code rate threshold of the second part ofthe CSI.

Preferably, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the processor300 is further configured to determine the code rate threshold of thesecond part of the CSI through a third formula

${R_{Th{reshold}}^{{CSI},2} = \frac{R_{Target}^{{CSI},1}*\beta_{offset}^{{CSI},1}}{\beta_{offset}^{{CSI},2}}},$

where R_(Threshold) ^(CSI,2) represents the code rate threshold of thesecond part of the CSI, R_(T arg et) ^(CSI,1) represents the target coderate used by the first part of the CSI, β_(offset) ^(CSI,1) represents acode rate offset of the first part of the CSI, and β_(offset) ^(CSI,2)represents a code rate offset of the second part of the CSI.

Preferably, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the processor300 is further configured to: when an actual code rate corresponding tothe second part of the CSI is smaller than or equal to the code ratethreshold of the second part of the CSI, determine the quantity of bitsof the second part of the CSI capable of being transmitted through theresource available for the transmission of the second part of the CSI asthe total quantity of bits of the second part of the CSI; and when theactual code rate corresponding to the second part of the CSI is greaterthan the code rate threshold of the second part of the CSI, discard thesecond part of the CSI in accordance with a predetermined rule until anactual code rate corresponding to the remaining second part of the CSIis smaller than or equal to the code rate threshold of the second partof the CSI, and determine the quantity of bits of the second part of theCSI capable of being transmitted through the resource available for thetransmission of the second part of the CSI as the quantity of bits ofthe remaining second part of the CSI.

According to the embodiments of the present disclosure, when merely twoparts of the CSI, rather than the data, are transmitted on the PUSCH,the resource available for the transmission of the first part of the CSIon the PUSCH may be determined in accordance with the target code rateused by the first part of the CSI, and the remaining available resourceon the PUSCH may be taken as the resource available for the transmissionof the second part of the CSI. As a result, it is able to correctlytransmit the CSI on the PUSCH in a 5G NR system, thereby to ensure theperformance of the 5G NR system.

It should be appreciated that, the communication device in theembodiments of the present disclosure is capable of implementing theabove-mentioned CSI transmission method, and the implementation of thecommunication device may refer to that of the above CSI transmissionmethod with a same or similar beneficial effect.

As shown in FIG. 4, the present disclosure further provides in someembodiments an apparatus for determining a CSI transmission resource.CSI includes a first part and a second part. The apparatus fordetermining the CSI transmission resource includes: a firstdetermination module 41 configured to determine a resource available forthe transmission of the first part of the CSI on a PUSCH in accordancewith a target code rate used by the first part of the CSI; and a seconddetermination module 42 configured to determine an available resource onthe PUSCH other than the resource available for the transmission of thefirst part of the CSI as a resource available for the transmission ofthe second part of the CSI on the PUSCH.

Preferably, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the apparatusfor determining the CSI transmission resource may further include anacquisition module configured to acquire the target code rate used bythe first part of the CSI.

Preferably, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the acquisitionmodule may include: a first acquisition sub-module configured to receivethe target code rate used by the first part of the CSI and configured bya base station through high-layer signaling; and/or a second acquisitionsub-module configured to receive a set of code rates preconfigured bythe base station and capable of being used by the first part of the CSI,receive DCI capable of triggering a UE to transmit the first part of theCSI, and determine one code rate in the set of code rates as the targetcode rate used by the first part of the CSI in accordance withindication information in a specific indication field of the DCI, theset of code rates including two or more code rates; and/or a thirdacquisition sub-module configured to predefine in a protocol a set ofcode rates capable of being used by the first part of the CSI, receiveDCI capable of triggering the UE to transmit the first part of the C SI,and determine one code rate in the set of code rates as the target coderate used by the first part of the CSI in accordance with indicationinformation in a specific indication field of the DCI, the set of coderates including two or more code rates; and/or a fourth acquisitionsub-module configured to predefine in a protocol a set of code ratescapable of being used by the first part of the CSI, receive high-layersignaling from the base station, and determine one code rate in the setof code rates as the target code rate used by the first part of the CSIin accordance with indication information in the high-layer signaling,the set of code rates including two or more code rates.

Preferably, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the specificindication field of the DCI may include one or a combination of two ormore of an MCS information field, an RV information field, an NDIinformation field, and an HARQ process number indication informationfield.

Preferably, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the firstdetermination module 41 may include a first determination sub-moduleconfigured to determine the quantity of REs available for thetransmission of the first part of the CSI on the PUSCH in accordancewith the target code rate used by the first part of the CSI, thequantity of information bits of the first part of the CSI and themodulation order of the first part of the CSI.

Preferably, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the firstdetermination sub-module may include a first determination unitconfigured to determine the quantity of the REs available for thetransmission of the first part of the CSI on the PUSCH through a firstformula

${N_{RE}^{{CSI}\text{-}part1} = \left\lceil \frac{O_{{CSI}\text{-}{part}\; 1}}{R_{Target}*Q_{m}} \right\rceil},$

where N_(RE) ^(CSI-part1) represents the quantity of the REs availablefor the transmission of the first part of the CSI on the PUSCH,O_(CSI-part1) represents the quantity of information bits of the firstpart of the CSI, R_(T arg et) represents the target code rate used bythe first part of the CSI, and Q_(m), represents the modulation order ofthe first part of the CSI.

Preferably, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the seconddetermination module may include a second determination sub-moduleconfigured to determine the quantity of REs available for thetransmission of the second part of the CSI on the PUSCH in accordancewith the quantity of REs available for the transmission of UCI on thePUSCH and the quantity of REs available for the transmission of thefirst part of the CSI on the PUSCH.

Preferably, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the seconddetermination sub-module may include a second determination unitconfigured to determine the quantity of REs available for thetransmission of the second part of the CSI on the PUSCH through a secondformula N_(RE) ^(CSI-part2)=N_(RE) ^(PUSCH)−N_(RE) ^(CSI-part1)−N_(RE)^(HARQ-ACK), where N_(RE) ^(CSI-part2) represents the quantity of REsavailable for the transmission of the second part of the CSI on thePUSCH, N_(RE) ^(PUSCH) represents the quantity of REs available for thetransmission of the UCI on the PUSCH, N_(RE) ^(CSI-part1) represents thequantity of REs available for the transmission of the first part of theCSI on the PUSCH, and N_(RE) ^(HARQ-ACK) represents the quantity of REsavailable for the transmission of an HARQ-ACK on the PUSCH.

Preferably, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the quantityN_(RE) ^(PUSCH) of REs available for the transmission of the UCI on thePUSCH may be calculated through a formula

${N_{RE}^{PUSCH} = {\sum\limits_{l = 0}^{N_{{symb},{all}}^{PUSCH} - n}{M_{sc}^{\Phi^{UCI}}(l)}}},$

where N_(RE) ^(PUSCH) represents the quantity of REs available for thetransmission of the UCI on the PUSCH, M_(sc) ^(Φ) ^(UCI) (l) representsthe quantity of REs available for the UCI on an OFDM symbol l,N_(symb, all) ^(PUSCH) represents the quantity of OFDM symbols in thePUSCH, and n represents the quantity of OFDM symbols occupied by a DMRSin the PUSCH.

Preferably, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the apparatusfor determining the CSI transmission resource may further include aprocessing module configured to, when the quantity of REs available forthe transmission of the first part of the CSI on the PUSCH is greaterthan the quantity of REs available for the transmission of the UCI onthe PUSCH, determine the REs available for the transmission of the UCIon the PUSCH as the REs available for the transmission of the first partof the CSI, and determine that there is no RE available for thetransmission of the second part of the CSI on the PUSCH.

Preferably, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the apparatusfor determining the CSI transmission resource may further include: areception module configured to receive the DCI from the base station;and a parsing module configured to parse the DCI to determine thatmerely the CSI, rather than data, is transmitted through the PUSCH.

Preferably, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the apparatusfor determining the CSI transmission resource may further include: athreshold acquisition module configured to acquire a code rate thresholdof the second part of the CSI; and a bit determination module configuredto determine the quantity of bits of the second part of the CSI capableof being transmitted through the resource available for the transmissionof the second part of the CSI on the PUSCH in accordance with the coderate threshold of the second part of the CSI.

Preferably, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the thresholdacquisition module may include a threshold acquisition sub-moduleconfigured to determine the code rate threshold of the second part ofthe CSI through a third formula

${R_{Th{reshold}}^{{CSI},2} = \frac{R_{Target}^{{CSI},1}*\beta_{offset}^{{CSI},1}}{\beta_{offset}^{{CSI},2}}},$

where R_(Threshold) ^(CSI,2) represents the code rate threshold of thesecond part of the CSI, R_(T arg et) ^(CSI,1) represents the target coderate used by the first part of the CSI, β_(offset) ^(CSI,1) represents acode rate offset of the first part of the CSI, and β_(offset) ^(CSI,2)represents a code rate offset of the second part of the CSI.

Preferably, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the bitdetermination module may include: a first bit determination sub-moduleconfigured to, when an actual code rate corresponding to the second partof the CSI is smaller than or equal to the code rate threshold of thesecond part of the CSI, determine the quantity of bits of the secondpart of the CSI capable of being transmitted through the resourceavailable for the transmission of the second part of the CSI as thetotal quantity of bits of the second part of the CSI; and a second bitdetermination sub-module configured to, when the actual code ratecorresponding to the second part of the CSI is greater than the coderate threshold of the second part of the CSI, discard the second part ofthe CSI in accordance with a predetermined rule until an actual coderate corresponding to the remaining second part of the CSI is smallerthan or equal to the code rate threshold of the second part of the CSI,and determine the quantity of bits of the second part of the CSI capableof being transmitted through the resource available for the transmissionof the second part of the CSI as the quantity of bits of the remainingsecond part of the CSI.

According to the embodiments of the present disclosure, when merely twoparts of the CSI, rather than the data, are transmitted on the PUSCH,the resource available for the transmission of the first part of the CSIon the PUSCH may be determined in accordance with the target code rateused by the first part of the CSI, and the remaining available resourceon the PUSCH may be determined as the resource available for thetransmission of the second part of the CSI. As a result, it is able tocorrectly transmit the CSI on the PUSCH in a 5G NR system, thereby toensure the performance of the 5G NR system.

It should be appreciated that, the apparatus for determining the CSItransmission resource in the embodiments of the present disclosure iscapable of implementing the above-mentioned CSI transmission method, andthe implementation of the apparatus for determining the CSI transmissionresource may refer to that of the above CSI transmission method with asame or similar beneficial effect.

The present disclosure further provides in some embodiments acomputer-readable storage medium storing therein a computer program. Thecomputer program is executed by a processor so as to implement theabove-mentioned CSI transmission method with a same technical effect,which will not be particularly defined herein. The computer-readablestorage medium may be a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory(RAM), a magnetic disk, an optical disk, or the like.

It should be appreciated that, such terms as “include” or “including” orany other variations involved in the present disclosure intend toprovide non-exclusive coverage, so that a procedure, method, article ordevice including a series of elements may also include any otherelements not listed herein, or may include any inherent elements of theprocedure, method, article or device. If without any furtherlimitations, for the elements defined by such sentence as “including one. . . ”, it is not excluded that the procedure, method, article ordevice including the elements may also include any other identicalelements.

Through the above-mentioned description, it may be apparent for a personskilled in the art that the present disclosure may be implemented bysoftware as well as a necessary common hardware platform, or byhardware, and the former may be better in most cases. Based on this, thetechnical solutions of the present disclosure, essentially, or parts ofthe technical solutions of the present disclosure contributing to therelated art, may appear in the form of software products, which may bestored in a storage medium (e.g., ROM/ RAM, magnetic disk or opticaldisk) and include instructions so as to enable a terminal device (e.g.,mobile phone, computer, server, air conditioner or network device) toexecute the methods in the embodiments of the present disclosure.

The embodiments of the present disclosure have been described above withreference to the drawings, but the present disclosure is not limited tothe above-mentioned specific implementations. The above-mentionedspecific implementations are for illustrative purposes only, rather thanbeing restrictive. Under the teaching of the present disclosure, aperson skilled in the art may implement many forms without departingfrom the principle of the present disclosure and the scope protected bythe claims, all of which fall within the protection of the presentdisclosure.

The above are the preferred embodiments of the present disclosure. Itshould be appreciated that, a person skilled in the art may make furthermodifications and improvements without departing from the principle ofthe present disclosure, and these modifications and improvements shallalso fall within the scope of the present disclosure.

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 35. A Channel State Information (CSI) transmissionmethod, CSI comprising a first part and a second part, the CSItransmission method comprising: determining a resource available fortransmission of the first part of the CSI on a Physical Uplink SharedChannel (PUSCH) in accordance with a target code rate used by the firstpart of the CSI; determining an available resource on the PUSCH otherthan the resource available for the transmission of the first part ofthe CSI as a resource available for transmission of the second part ofthe CSI on the PUSCH.
 36. The CSI transmission method according to claim35, wherein prior to determining the resource available for thetransmission of the first part of the CSI on the PUSCH in accordancewith the target code rate used by the first part of the CSI, the CSItransmission method further comprises: acquiring the target code rateused by the first part of the CSI.
 37. The CSI transmission methodaccording to claim 36, wherein the acquiring the target code rate usedby the first part of the CSI comprises: receiving the target code rateused by the first part of the CSI and configured by a base stationthrough high-layer signaling; or receiving a set of code ratespreconfigured by the base station and capable of being used by the firstpart of the CSI, receiving Downlink Control Information (DCI) capable oftriggering a User Equipment (UE) to transmit the first part of the CSI,and determining one code rate in the set of code rates as the targetcode rate used by the first part of the CSI in accordance withindication information in a specific indication field of the DCI, theset of code rates comprising two or more code rates; or predefining in aprotocol a set of code rates capable of being used by the first part ofthe CSI, receiving DCI capable of triggering the UE to transmit thefirst part of the CSI, and determining one code rate in the set of coderates as the target code rate used by the first part of the CSI inaccordance with indication information in a specific indication field ofthe DCI, the set of code rates comprising two or more code rates; orpredefining in a protocol a set of code rates capable of being used bythe first part of the CSI, receiving high-layer signaling from the basestation, and determining one code rate in the set of code rates as thetarget code rate used by the first part of the C SI in accordance withindication information in the high-layer signaling, the set of coderates comprising two or more code rates.
 38. The CSI transmission methodaccording to claim 37, wherein the specific indication field of the DCIcomprises one or a combination of two or more of a Modulation & CodingScheme (MCS) information field, a Redundancy Version (RV) informationfield, a New Data Indicator (NDI) information field, and a HybridAutomatic Repeat reQuest (HARD) process number indication informationfield.
 39. The CSI transmission method according to claim 35, whereinthe determining the resource available for the transmission of the firstpart of the CSI on the PUSCH in accordance with the target code rateused by the first part of the CSI comprises: determining the quantity ofResource Elements (REs) available for the transmission of the first partof the CSI on the PUSCH in accordance with the target code rate used bythe first part of the CSI, the quantity of information bits of the firstpart of the CSI and the modulation order of the first part of the CSI,wherein the determining the quantity of the REs available for thetransmission of the first part of the CSI on the PUSCH in accordancewith the target code rate used by the first part of the CSI, thequantity of information bits of the first part of the CSI and themodulation order of the first part of the CSI comprises: determining thequantity of the REs available for the transmission of the first part ofthe CSI on the PUSCH through a first formula${N_{RE}^{{CSI}\text{-}part1} = \left\lceil \frac{O_{{CSI}\text{-}{part}\; 1}}{R_{Target}*Q_{m}} \right\rceil},$where N_(RE) ^(CSI-part1) represents the quantity of the REs availablefor the transmission of the first part of the CSI on the PUSCH,O_(CSI-part1) represents the quantity of information bits of the firstpart of the CSI, R_(T arg et) represents the target code rate used bythe first part of the CSI, and Q_(m), represents the modulation order ofthe first part of the CSI.
 40. The CSI transmission method according toclaim 39, wherein the determining the available resource on the PUSCHother than the resource available for the transmission of the first partof the CSI as the resource available for the transmission of the secondpart of the CSI on the PUSCH comprises: determining the quantity of REsavailable for the transmission of the second part of the CSI on thePUSCH in accordance with the quantity of REs available for thetransmission of Uplink Control Information (UCI) on the PUSCH and thequantity of REs available for the transmission of the first part of theCSI on the PUSCH, wherein the determining the quantity of REs availablefor the transmission of the second part of the CSI on the PUSCH inaccordance with the quantity of REs available for the transmission ofUCI on the PUSCH and the quantity of REs available for the transmissionof the first part of the CSI on the PUSCH comprises: determining thequantity of REs available for the transmission of the second part of theCSI on the PUSCH through a second formula N_(RE) ^(CSI-part2)=N_(RE)^(PUSCH)−N_(RE) ^(CSI-part1)−N_(RE) ^(HARQ-ACK), where N_(RE)^(CSI-part2) represents the quantity of REs available for thetransmission of the second part of the CSI on the PUSCH, N_(RE) ^(PUSCH)represents the quantity of REs available for the transmission of the UCIon the PUSCH N_(RE) ^(CSI-part1) represents the quantity of REsavailable for the transmission of the first part of the CSI on thePUSCH, and N_(RE) ^(HARQ-ACK) represents the quantity of REs availablefor the transmission of an HARQ Acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) on the PUSCH.41. The CSI transmission method according to claim 40, wherein thequantity N_(RE) ^(PUSCH) of REs available for the transmission of theUCI on the PUSCH is calculated through a formula${N_{RE}^{PUSCH} = {\sum\limits_{l = 0}^{N_{{symb},{all}}^{PUSCH} - n}{M_{sc}^{\Phi^{UCI}}(l)}}},$where N_(RE) ^(PUSCH) represents the quantity of REs available for thetransmission of the UCI on the PUSCH, M_(sc) ^(Φ) ^(UCI) (l) representsthe quantity of REs available for the transmission of the UCI on anOrthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbol l, N_(symb,all)^(PUSCH) represents the quantity of OFDM symbols in the PUSCH, and nrepresents the quantity of OFDM symbols occupied by a DemodulationReference Signal (DMRS) in the PUSCH.
 42. The CSI transmission methodaccording to claim 39, wherein subsequent to determining the quantity ofREs available for the transmission of the first part of the CSI on thePUSCH, the CSI transmission method further comprises: when the quantityof REs available for the transmission of the first part of the CSI onthe PUSCH is greater than the quantity of REs available for thetransmission of the UCI on the PUSCH, determining the REs available forthe transmission of the UCI on the PUSCH as the REs available for thetransmission of the first part of the CSI, and determining that there isno RE available for the transmission of the second part of the CSI onthe PUSCH.
 43. The CSI transmission method according to claim 35,wherein prior to determining the resource available for the transmissionof the first part of the CSI on the PUSCH in accordance with the targetcode rate used by the first part of the CSI, the CSI transmission methodfurther comprises: receiving the DCI transmitted by the base station;parsing the DCI to determine that merely the CSI, rather than data, istransmitted through the PUSCH.
 44. The CSI transmission method accordingto claim 35, wherein subsequent to determining the available resource onthe PUSCH other than the resource available for the transmission of thefirst part of the CSI as the resource available for the transmission ofthe second part of the CSI on the PUSCH, the CSI transmission methodfurther comprises: acquiring a code rate threshold of the second part ofthe CSI; determining the quantity of bits of the second part of the CSIcapable of being transmitted through the resource available for thetransmission of the second part of the CSI on the PUSCH in accordancewith the code rate threshold of the second part of the CSI, theacquiring the code rate threshold of the second part of the CSIcomprises: determining the code rate threshold of the second part of theCSI through a third formula${R_{Th{reshold}}^{{CSI},2} = \frac{R_{Target}^{{CSI},1}*\beta_{offset}^{{CSI},1}}{\beta_{offset}^{{CSI},2}}},$where R_(Threshold) ^(CSI,2) represents the code rate threshold of thesecond part of the CSI R_(T arg et) ^(CSI,1) represents the target coderate used by the first part of the CSI, β_(offset) ^(CSI,1) represents acode rate offset of the first part of the CSI, and β_(offset) ^(CSI,2)represents a code rate offset of the second part of the CSI; or thedetermining the quantity of bits of the second part of the CSI capableof being transmitted through the resource available for the transmissionof the second part of the CSI on the PUSCH in accordance with the coderate threshold of the second part of the CSI comprises: when an actualcode rate corresponding to the second part of the CSI is smaller than orequal to the code rate threshold of the second part of the CSI,determining the quantity of bits of the second part of the CSI capableof being transmitted through the resource available for the transmissionof the second part of the CSI as the total quantity of bits of thesecond part of the CSI; when the actual code rate corresponding to thesecond part of the CSI is greater than the code rate threshold of thesecond part of the CSI, discarding the second part of the CSI inaccordance with a predetermined rule until an actual code ratecorresponding to the remaining second part of the CSI is smaller than orequal to the code rate threshold of the second part of the CSI, anddetermining the quantity of bits of the second part of the CSI capableof being transmitted through the resource available for the transmissionof the second part of the CSI as the quantity of bits of the remainingsecond part of the CSI.
 45. A communication device, comprising a memory,a processor, and a computer program stored in the memory and executed bythe processor, wherein the processor is configured to execute thecomputer program to: determine a resource available for transmission ofa first part of the CSI on a PUSCH in accordance with a target code rateused by the first part of the CSI; determine an available resource onthe PUSCH other than the resource available for the transmission of thefirst part of the CSI as a resource available for the transmission of asecond part of the CSI on the PUSCH.
 46. The communication deviceaccording to claim 45, further comprising: a transceiver configured toacquire the target code rate used by the first part of the CSI.
 47. Thecommunication device according to claim 46, wherein the transceiver isfurther configured to: receive the target code rate used by the firstpart of the CSI and configured by a base station through high-layersignaling; or receive a set of code rates preconfigured by the basestation and capable of being used by the first part of the CSI, receiveDCI capable of triggering a UE to transmit the first part of the CSI,and determine one code rate in the set of code rates as the target coderate used by the first part of the CSI in accordance with indicationinformation in a specific indication field of the DCI, the set of coderates comprising two or more code rates; or predefine in a protocol aset of code rates capable of being used by the first part of the CSI,receive DCI capable of triggering the UE to transmit the first part ofthe CSI, and determine one code rate in the set of code rates as thetarget code rate used by the first part of the C SI in accordance withindication information in a specific indication field of the DCI, theset of code rates comprising two or more code rates; or predefine in aprotocol a set of code rates capable of being used by the first part ofthe CSI, receive high-layer signaling from the base station, anddetermine one code rate in the set of code rates as the target code rateused by the first part of the CSI in accordance with indicationinformation in the high-layer signaling, the set of code ratescomprising two or more code rates.
 48. The communication deviceaccording to claim 47, wherein the specific indication field of the DCIcomprises one or a combination of two or more of an MCS informationfield, an RV information field, an NDI information field, and an HARQprocess number indication information field.
 49. The communicationdevice according to claim 45, wherein the processor is furtherconfigured to: determine the quantity of REs available for thetransmission of the first part of the CSI on the PUSCH in accordancewith the target code rate used by the first part of the CSI, thequantity of information bits of the first part of the CSI and themodulation order of the first part of the CSI, wherein the processor isfurther configured to: determine the quantity of the REs available forthe transmission of the first part of the CSI on the PUSCH through afirst formula${N_{RE}^{{CSI}\text{-}part1} = \left\lceil \frac{O_{{CSI}\text{-}{part}\; 1}}{R_{Target}*Q_{m}} \right\rceil},$where N_(RE) ^(CSI-part1) represents the quantity of the REs availablefor the transmission of the first part of the CSI on the PUSCH,O_(CSI-part1) represents the quantity of information bits of the firstpart of the CSI, R_(T arg et) represents the target code rate used bythe first part of the CSI, and Q_(m), represents the modulation order ofthe first part of the CSI.
 50. The communication device according toclaim 49, wherein the processor is further configured to: determine thequantity of REs available for the transmission of the second part of theCSI on the PUSCH in accordance with the quantity of REs available forthe transmission of UCI on the PUSCH and the quantity of REs availablefor the transmission of the first part of the CSI on the PUSCH, whereinthe processor is further configured to: determine the quantity of REsavailable for the transmission of the second part of the CSI on thePUSCH through a second formula N_(RE) ^(CSI-part2)=N_(RE)^(PUSCH)−N_(RE) ^(CSI-part1)−N_(RE) ^(ARQ-ACK), where N_(RE)^(CSI-part2) represents the quantity of REs available for thetransmission of the second part of the CSI on the PUSCH, N_(RE) ^(PUSCH)represents the quantity of REs available for the transmission of the UCIon the PUSCH, N_(RE) ^(CSI-part1) represents the quantity of REsavailable for the transmission of the first part of the CSI on thePUSCH, and N_(RE) ^(HARQ-ACK) represents the quantity of REs availablefor the transmission of an HARQ-ACK on the PUSCH.
 51. The communicationdevice according to claim 50, wherein the processor is furtherconfigured to: calculate the quantity N_(RE) ^(PUSCH) of REs availablefor the transmission of the UCI on the PUSCH through a formula${N_{RE}^{PUSCH} = {\sum\limits_{l = 0}^{N_{{symb},{all}}^{PUSCH} - n}{M_{sc}^{\Phi^{UCI}}(l)}}},$where N_(RE) ^(PUSCH) represents the quantity of REs available for thetransmission of the UCI on the PUSCH, M_(sc) ^(Φ) ^(UCI) (l) representsthe quantity of REs available for the transmission of the UCI on an OFDMsymbol l, N_(symb, all) ^(PUSCH) represents the quantity of OFDM symbolsin the PUSCH, and n represents the quantity of OFDM symbols occupied bya DMRS in the PUSCH.
 52. The communication device according to claim 49,wherein the processor is further configured to, when the quantity of REsavailable for the transmission of the first part of the CSI on the PUSCHis greater than the quantity of REs available for the transmission ofthe UCI on the PUSCH, determine the REs available for the transmissionof the UCI on the PUSCH as the REs available for the transmission of thefirst part of the CSI, and determine that there is no RE available forthe transmission of the second part of the CSI on the PUSCH.
 53. Thecommunication device according to claim 45, wherein the transceiver isfurther configured to receive the DCI transmitted by the base station;the processor is further configured to parse the DCI to determine thatmerely the CSI, rather than data, is transmitted through the PUSCH. 54.The communication device according to claim 45, wherein the processor isfurther configured to: acquire a code rate threshold of the second partof the CSI; determine the quantity of bits of the second part of the CSIcapable of being transmitted through the resource available for thetransmission of the second part of the CSI on the PUSCH in accordancewith the code rate threshold of the second part of the CSI, wherein theprocessor is further configured to: determine the code rate threshold ofthe second part of the CSI through a third formula${R_{Th{reshold}}^{{CSI},2} = \frac{R_{Target}^{{CSI},1}*\beta_{offset}^{{CSI},1}}{\beta_{offset}^{{CSI},2}}},$where R_(Threshold) ^(CSI,2) represents the code rate threshold of thesecond part of the CSI, R_(T arg et) ^(CSI,1) represents the target coderate used by the first part of the CSI, β_(offset) ^(CSI,1) represents acode rate offset of the first part of the CSI, and β_(offset) ^(CSI,2)represents a code rate offset of the second part of the CSI; or theprocessor is further configured to: when an actual code ratecorresponding to the second part of the CSI is smaller than or equal tothe code rate threshold of the second part of the CSI, determine thequantity of bits of the second part of the CSI capable of beingtransmitted through the resource available for the transmission of thesecond part of the CSI as the total quantity of bits of the second partof the CSI; when the actual code rate corresponding to the second partof the CSI is greater than the code rate threshold of the second part ofthe CSI, discard the second part of the CSI in accordance with apredetermined rule until an actual code rate corresponding to theremaining second part of the CSI is smaller than or equal to the coderate threshold of the second part of the CSI, and determine the quantityof bits of the second part of the CSI capable of being transmittedthrough the resource available for the transmission of the second partof the CSI as the quantity of bits of the remaining second part of theCSI.